Stick-horse



J. A- GRANDALL. Stick Horse.

No. 230,749. Pat ented Aug. 3, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE A. ORANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STICK-HORSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,749, dated August3, 1880. Application filed January 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JESSE A. CRANDALL,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Statev of New York, haveinvented an Improved Stick-Horse, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a stick-horse provided with supporting-handlesattached to its head in a position convenient to be grasped by therider, and having pivoted legs which are connected by suitable rods witha crankshaft that carries the friction-rollers in the lower end of thestick, so that when the horse is held up and the lower end of the stickis drawn along the ground the friction-rollers turn the crank-shaft,and, through the connecting-rods, give motion to the horses legs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved stick-horse with the rider supporting the same; and Fig. 2 is abottom view of the stick-horse, showing the connection of the horseslegs with the crank-shaft of the friction-rollers.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the horse; B, the stick; 0, thecrank-shaft on the lowerend of the stick, and a a are thefrictionrollers on the ends of the crank-shaft.

On each side of the horses head is apin, I), formin g supportin g-h andles, which are grasped by the rider when astride of the horse, so as tosuspend the horse in the proper position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The horses legs 0 are pivoted to its body, and the front legs areconnected to the hind legs by short connecting-rods cl (1, pivoted tothe legs. Said rods (1 are arranged to connect the right fore leg withthe left hind leg and the left fore leg with the right hind leg, so asto move the legs in a manner similar to the trotting-gait of horses; orthe connection may be made in other ways, so as to give imitations ofother gaits.

The hind legs are connected by rods D D with the cranks c 6,respectively, on crankshaft 0.

When the rider is astride of the horse he grasps the handles 1), andthen, by drawing the stick with him as he Walks or runs, thefriction-rollers a turn the crank-shaft O, and through theconnecting-rods D D and d d motion is given to the legs 0.

I do not claim the invention otherwise than on an apparatus having buttwo rollers and the handle I), being aware that on fourwhceled devicesthe connection of the crankaxle with the legs is old; but I do away with1 two wheels, and enable a child to be amused by the motions of thehorses legs, which he holds suspended, as stated.

I claim- The stick-horse A, provided with the suspension-handles I) andpivoted legs 0, in combination with the stick B, connecting-rods D D (Z(I, crank-shaft O, and a single pair of rollers, to, substantially asdescribed.

JESSE A. (JRANDALL.

Witnesses:

TOMPSON B. MosHER, WILLY G. E. SCHULTZ.

